Scotty or anyone who cares to answer,
I was given a 2002 Land Rover Freelander (automatic) that has been nothing but trouble from the start. The engine went at ~100k miles and unfortunately, my suggestion to fire it into the sun was rejected and the motor was replaced (used, ~21k miles). Less than a few hundred miles later something broke again and it has been taking up space in my yard since (~4 years maybe). I would love to get it running long enough to drive it anywhere but here, but I have no idea where to start. While on the highway, I felt something break (with a ping) and the engine lost all power. At that point, it would stall if I took my foot off the gas, but it would start back up easily. It took about 1/4 throttle to keep it from stalling and would move forward in gear ~5 mph on flat ground under higher throttle. From one Falls boy to another, any idea what happened or where to start?
Thanks,
E
If it was me, and I had a notoriously unreliable car with (probably) a used engine that won't drive and had sat for 4 years, I'd try and sell it NOW, while there is a shortage of used cars - and maybe somebody who would want the car for parts. Look up the "sunk cost fallacy".
Where to start? Insure the hell out of it and push it off a cliff.
Start with scanning the code.
Those things are haunted by the ghost of British Leyland. Poor quality with horrid electrical systems. Really it would be best to get rid of it even if you just call a junkyard to haul it off for scrap, or donate it to a charity that can sell off the parts. They were money pits when new - 20 years later you'll wind up spending more money on repairs than you'd spend picking up something reliable.
A friend of mine was given one that was not too old, and pretty low miles. I told him to sell it, and fast!
I mean, how bad is a car that has low miles, and not that old, and you are just trying to get rid of the thing?
